Outer Firth of Forth and St. Andrews Bay Complex Special Protection Area: business and regulatory impact assessment

An assessment of the business and regulatory impacts of classifying the Outer Firth of Forth and St. Andrews Bay Complex Special Protection Area.


Footnotes

[1] The Firth of Forth, as defined herein, extends east from the River Forth for almost 100 km to a wide estuary mouth, ending at Fife Ness on the northern coast - the southern extremity of the Firth of Tay and St Andrews Bay - and Dunbar on the southern coast. St Andrews Bay encompasses the marine area stretching from Red Head in the north, to Fife Ness in the south, including the estuary of the Tay.

1. The Scottish MPA Project: Second Iteration of Site Proposals – Developing the Evidence Base for Impact Assessments, ABPMer

2. Biodiversity Action Plan

3. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/marine-environment/mpanetwork/marinespas/spaworkshop

4. GVA is used as stating costs purely in terms of landed value would overstate the true economic cost of not fishing.

5. Developing the Evidence Base for Impact Assessments, ABPMer

6. http://uknea.unep-wcmc.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Mb8nUAphh%2bY%3d&tabid=82

7. Developing the Evidence Base for Impact Assessments, ABPMer

8. Developing the Evidence Base for Impact Assessments, ABPMer

9. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/marine-environment/mpanetwork/Displacement

Contact

Email: marine_conservation@gov.scot

Back to top